Quotes about Purpose
If my words don't flow out of a heart that rests in God's control, sovereignty, then they come out of the heart that seeks control so I can get what I want.
— Mark Driscoll
Marriage includes a spouse, and often children. But the goal, center, and purpose of marriage is not self, spouse, or children. The ultimate goal of marriage and family is the glory of God. Only when marriage and family exist for God's glory - and not to serve as replacement idols - are we able to truly love and be loved. Remember, neither your child nor your husband (or wife) should be who you worship, but instead who you worship with.
— Mark Driscoll
Once we determine in our souls that God's glory is our goal, we then stop taking the path of least resistance and start taking the path of most glory to God
— Mark Driscoll
You aren't what's been done to you but what Jesus has done for you. You aren't what you do but what Jesus has done. What you do doesn't determine who you are. Rather, who you are in Christ determines what you do.
— Mark Driscoll
A marriage...makes of two fractional lives a whole; it gives to two purposeless lives a work, and doubles the strength of each to perform it; it gives to two questioning natures a reason for living, and something to live for; it will give a new gladness to the sunshine, a new fragrance to the flowers, a new beauty to the earth, and a new mystery to life.
— Mark Twain
The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but the fly comes close.
— Mark Twain
Your future is not ahead of you, it's trapped within you
— Myles Munroe
Your future and mine are determined by this one thing: seeking after the Lord.
— Jim Cymbala
Failure in the past does not nullify purpose in the future.
— Adrian Rogers
Life is to life in such a way that we are not afraid to die.
— Teresa of Avila
Mortality is but a stepping-stone to a more glorious existence in the future.
— Gordon Hinckley
What is the future you're creating right now?
— Erwin McManus